El Ghal Surname

5,213,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lebanon
Highest density in:
Lebanon

El Ghal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Ghal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lebanon111:512,46212,816
Yemen31:8,808,43135,773

El Ghal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Ghal Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Ghal is carried by more people in Lebanon than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Ghal? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name El Ghal occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of El Ghal live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 79 percent live in Levant.

El Ghal is most common in Lebanon, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 512,462. In Lebanon El Ghal is mostly found in: Mount Lebanon Governorate, where 100 percent are found. Besides Lebanon El Ghal exists in one country. It also occurs in Yemen, where 21 percent are found.

El Ghal Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the El Ghal surname is predominantly Melkite Greek Catholic (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Ghail932,632/
El Ghale936/
El Ghall931/
El Ghalle8834/
El Gail8610/
El Ghol862/
El Gale861/
El Ghassel821/
El Ghoul802,890/
El Ghool80305/
El Ghoule755/
El Goul7128/
El Gool711/
El-Gaal711/
El Ghoulle711/
El-Ghoul67473/
El-Ghool671/
El Goule671/
El-Goul573/
El-Gould531/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Ghal
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